[catsfan072]

In being a good cheer squad all things are needed. In just cheering an effective game, I would definitely have to say organization. Without organization you just look awful standing around looking confused. That's why I always loved cheering for Prestonsburg. Pre-game had a set routine for everything, every girl had set cheers to start, stunt cheers were assigned to certain girls, and were spaced out so everyone would know when to do them, and wouldn't get confusd on what was going on. Floor cheers were also the same way; there was a specific order so no one got confused. As for crowd involvment, I think it's very necessary but sometimes the crowd just doesn't help out no matter how good the cheerleaders are. As long as cheerleaders are peppy and look happy with what they're doing then the crowd doesn't matter.

I think the worst thing KHSAA did was make the rule cheerleaders can't tumble across the line during games. However, most squads still do when they aren't being judged. Our fans always told us their favorite part of the game sometimes was when we had tumbling wars with other squads, lol.